Don't be alarmed if you don't get most of the references. Neither did we, though we got the idea.
Actually, I still don't get most of the references, just the tone of them. I remember that classmate Marnie Joyce understood many and explained them to us. Marnie had other qualities that were far more impressive, but I, geek that I was, was most impressed with that.
Don't remember the name, but I sure remember the voice. Clothes by Balmain, French designer. Fancy college degree, Sorbonne. Skiing in St. Moritz. The Aga Khan--a title we just don't hear any more, like 30 or more likely 40. I don't think I ever listened to the words, before.
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and on your legs.
how droll.
With his clever lyrics, I take it he was trying to be the European Bob Dylan. Hey buddy, I knew Bob Dylan and you're no Bob Dylan.
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